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linux disadvantages ubuntu 7.10
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:44 am
by hannnndy
I'm a new Linux user using ubuntu 7.10 but there are lots of problems Now
1. I cant share my folders in office network
2. I cant make a shortcut from a network folder on my desktop
3. some programs like eclipse does not support network drives
4.its very hard to find a nice php editor
5.Some commands are a little unfamiliar so makes problems
6.my pc uses AMD 2.0 XP processor but every thing runs low quality and fragment fragment
but I'm virus less
Re: linux disadvantages ubuntu 7.10
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:08 am
by hannnndy
I find a way too have my shortcuts right now
that is to bookmark them in network window in order to use network folders as short cut
but others still remained
Re: linux disadvantages ubuntu 7.10
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:27 am
by hannnndy
Inkyskin wrote:
Linux:
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+ Working within native environment
+ Can run apache, mysql, php etc
+ has good range of IDE's etc
+ Linux is FREE
- Not as easy to check what sites look like in IE (Still the most popular browser - dammit)
unless using wine, which you have to pay for windows still anyway
- Need to use wine to run windows software (Still need windows liscence)
- Might not be as comfortable using linux
Windows
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+ Good range of IDE's
+ Can run apache, mysql, php etc
+ Most likely already know how to use windows decently
+ Quicker to check what sites will look like in most people's browsers
- Have to pay for windows
- Have to pay for some software (By choice, can usually find open source equivalent)
- Not native environment
Re: linux disadvantages ubuntu 7.10
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:47 am
by Christopher
hannnndy wrote:1. I cant share my folders in office network
Use either Samba or NFS.
hannnndy wrote:2. I cant make a shortcut from a network folder on my desktop
Use sybolic links (See the
ln command)
hannnndy wrote:3. some programs like eclipse does not support network drives
Unix does not have weird things like "network drives." Everything is in a single filesystem under /. Directories on other systems can be mounted anywhere as directories in the local filesystem. Directories are just directories -- there is not the crazy mix of drive letters and directories and network shares, etc., etc., etc.
Re: linux disadvantages ubuntu 7.10
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:31 am
by hannnndy
Thank you for reply
Look , we have a web server we call it RAMA and there are shared folders on it because it's OS is windows we need to access that folder to access the php and ... files but when I want to access that share folder
for example when I run eclipse as an IDE of the php with php plug-in and every thing needed
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Unix does not have weird things like "network drives." Everything is in a single filesystem under /. Directories on other systems can be mounted anywhere as directories in the local filesystem. Directories are just directories -- there is not the crazy mix of drive letters and directories and network shares, etc., etc., etc.
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Unfortunately I could not find any IDE to work on my network shared folders
I have test
ln command it just helped me to make my local folders to make short cut
Re: linux disadvantages ubuntu 7.10
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:50 am
by VladSun
Code: Select all
mount -t smbfs -o username=your_username,password=your_password //win_server/shared_directory /local/directory/here
* or you must use -t cifs - I don't know about Ubuntu ...
or you can edit /etc/fstab ... google it

Re: linux disadvantages ubuntu 7.10
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:14 pm
by Kieran Huggins
mounting a samba share is built into the UI in ubuntu: places > connect to server
Re: linux disadvantages ubuntu 7.10
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:46 pm
by VladSun
Kieran Huggins wrote:mounting a samba share is built into the UI in ubuntu: places > connect to server
Could be

, I have a console input only on my Linux boxes

Re: linux disadvantages ubuntu 7.10
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 4:36 am
by arjan.top
Kieran Huggins wrote:mounting a samba share is built into the UI in ubuntu: places > connect to server
kde has it too (not shure how it is named)
Re: linux disadvantages ubuntu 7.10
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:42 am
by hannnndy
you mean this code mounts the smb drive as a local folder in my pc ?
mount -t smbfs -o username=your_username,password=your_password //win_server/shared_directory /local/directory/here
Re: linux disadvantages ubuntu 7.10
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:44 am
by VladSun
Yes.
PS: There are no such things as samba, network or whatever drives in Linux - everything is mounted as a file (directory is a file too). Every partition of the HDD is mounted as a directory. You can even take some of your RAM and mount it as a RAM disk.
Re: linux disadvantages ubuntu 7.10
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:26 pm
by hannnndy
thank you for your help im gonna check it tommarrow at office
Re: linux disadvantages ubuntu 7.10
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:31 pm
by VladSun
I think it's time to change your topic title from "linux disadvantages ubuntu 7.10" to " linux advantages ubuntu 7.10"

Re: linux disadvantages ubuntu 7.10
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 1:05 am
by hannnndy
VladSun wrote:I think it's time to change your topic title from "linux disadvantages ubuntu 7.10" to " linux advantages ubuntu 7.10"

how can i change my topic in this forum?
your suggested code does not work this error happened
root@Mohammad:~# mount -t smbfs -o username=administrator,password=1234567890 //rama/htdocs \htdocs
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on //rama/htdocs,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
what will happen if i do not use the username and password?
Re: linux disadvantages ubuntu 7.10
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 1:11 am
by Zoxive
hannnndy wrote:4.its very hard to find a nice php editor
I suggest you try Vim. (Search Google/Follow the built in Tutorial)
I guarantee you are going to hate it for the first week, after that you will love it.